Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.

A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

For the case that one thinks he has plateaued in life, God has already set yet another peak for him to reach: and a much more challenging peak than his own, one that which is to serve others.

The petty man wants to use God for himself; the ambitious man wants God to use him for God.

A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.